Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing

Richard Pryor: Stabbing, Shooting, F***ing, Burning, and Freebasing

Richard Pryor was one of the funniest people who ever lived. He elevated stand-up comedy to an art form. But the real life that informed his stand-up – a life of pool halls, brothels, stabbings, shootings, and lots and lots of cocaine – was a source of constant pain. A pain that he managed with a freebase habit so out of control it nearly killed him before he was even 40 years old.

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